Stronghold Kingdoms is the first true online experience in the popular Stronghold franchise published and developed by Firefly Studios. They've taken all the popular features from the franchise and adapted them for the MMORTS world, fans of the series will be happy to know that this includes the fabled interactive map.

The game takes place during the medieval times in Great Britain, players can choose to place their village randomly or select from dozens of counties in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Once you've chosen the location for your first village, the game continues in traditional RTS style. An Adviser will approach you, offering advice and guiding you through the first phase of building in your village. This covers the very basics such as constructing resource gathering buildings, and advancing your kingdom.

Stronghold Kingdoms features 3 different building and maintenance options. Your primary building option is your village, this is where you'll construct houses for your villagers, resource buildings and other civilian type architecture. The second option is your castle, this is where you'll train your soldiers, build castle walls and gates and construct vicious base defense buildings such as catapults and towers. The final option is your parish, although no actual building takes place, you get to select how to treat your villagers and your approach to running your kingdom.

There are various research options available in the game, these include Industry, Military, Farming and Education related technologies. Each field is unique and offers various buffs and improvements for your village including the ability to earn more resources, construct things quicker and train higher quality soldiers.

Strategy Cards are a unique feature in Stronghold Kingdoms, you do get a few for free but for the majority, you have to purchase them in the item mall. The cards give huge bonuses such as increased building speed, adding a building queue and increasing resources gained per hour. Strategy Cards come in several categories and can be used on your village, your troops and your castle area.